Fresh Cranberry Scones with toasted almonds, orange zest and a white chocolate drizzle is a perfect breakfast pastry to enjoy any day of the week!

Course
Breakfast

Cuisine
American

Keyword
fresh cranberry scones

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time20minutes

Total Time30minutes

Servings8scones

Calories216kcal

Authorijustmakesandwiches

Ingredients

8ouncesall-purpose flour

.75 ounces sugar

1 ½teaspoonbaking powder

¼teaspoonbaking soda

¼teaspoonsalt

1ouncebuttercold

1egg yolk

5.5ouncebuttermilk

3ouncefresh cranberriesrough chopped

3ouncestoasted almonds

1orangezested

½cupwhite chocolate chips

Instructions

Place a medium sized mixing bowl in the freezer and cool for at least 30 minutes. Sift together dry ingredients in a small bowl. Cube up cold butter into small cubes.

Once mixing bowl has cooled, place dry ingredients in bowl and fit stand mixer with paddle attachment. Begin beating dry ingredients with the paddle attachment at a low speed, adding egg yolk, orange zest, and cold butter cubes slowly. Mix until the dough just comes together and small pebbles of dough have formed.

If not using a stand mixer, create a well with the dry ingredients and place butter, orange zest, and egg yolk in the well. Use a pastry cutter, or fork, to cut butter into dry ingredients. Continue to cut butter into dry ingredients until just combined and small pebbles have formed.

Add chopped fresh cranberries and toasted almonds to the dough and mix until well combined. Some of the cranberries and almonds will fall out of the dough when shaping, feel free to press them back into the top of the dough.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a clean surface, place dough and gently press into a circle, about 10” across. Using a knife, cut the circle into 8 pieces. Line a sheet pan with either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and place cut scones on the baking sheet.

Bake scones in the oven for about 12-15 minutes, there will be some spreading so make sure to leave some room in between scones on the baking sheet. When scones are done baking, remove from baking sheet and cool on wire rack.

In a small bowl, heat up white chocolate chips until completely melted. Scrape melted white chocolate into a plastic baggy and cut the tip. Drizzle white chocolate over scones for garnish.